The Greek champion - VARIETY VOYAGER – united the Black Sea by visiting 10 ports in 5 countries / Photographic coverage

VARIETY VOYAGER in Novorossiysk on May 14, 2013. Picture by Igor Torgachkin

Andrei Klimenko, BlackSeaNews

On 2013-05-19, at approximately 05:30 (LT) the cruise yacht VARIETY VOYAGER, going from Nesebar to Istanbul, left the Black Sea for the Bosporus, making a short stop in Istanbul from 08:00 till 10:00, and entered the Marble Sea.

Thus the 2013 Black sea cruise season of this vessel is over. At present this Greek yacht is the absolute champion of the 2013 season in the Black Sea, both in the number of ports, called in the course of a single cruise - 10, and the total number of the Black Sea port calls - 20.

It seems like VARIETY VOYAGER will maintain this leadership until the next pretender. By now, according to the known cruise schedules, another Greek cruise yacht of the same company - GARMONY G - may become the next absolute Black Sea cruise champion of 2013. In July and August 2013 it will carry out 4 Black Sea cruises in a row, and each of them will have 12 (!) calls in the ports of 6 countries...

But these are the perspectives for the future. And now we would like to summarize the operations of VARIETY VOYAGER in the Black Sea. And will also devote a photographic coverage to it, made on May 14, 2013 in Novorossiysk by our friend and colleague – well-known marine photographer Igor Torgachkin, and on May 15, 2013 in Yalta – by BSNews.

VARIETY VOYAGER: Ship type: Yacht. Year built: 2012. Length and breadth: 68 m X 12 m. Gross Tonnage: 1593. Speed recorded (Мax/Average): 12.6 / 12.5 knots. Flag: Malta [MT]. Call Sign: 9HA3073. IMO: 9657090, MMSI: 229104000.

Immersion: 3.5 m. Crew: 32. Passanger capasity: 72. Owner and oprerator: Variety Cruises. Home port: Valletta. Class society: Registro Italiano Navale. Build year: 2012. Builder: Psarros Shipyard - Athens, Greece.

Cruise Shedule

Date

Day

Ship

Pass.

Country

Port

Arrival

Departure

               
27 Apr 2013 Sat

Variety Voyager

72

TR Bartin

6:40

16:30

28 Apr 2013

Sun

Variety Voyager

72

TR Samsun 6:00 15:00

29 Apr 2013

Mon Variety Voyager

72

TR Trabzon

7:00

?

30 Apr 2013

Tue Variety Voyager

72

GEO Batumi

7:30

20:00

01 May 2013 Wed Variety Voyager

72

RU Sochi

8:00

23:00

02 May 2013

Thu Variety Voyager

72

RU Novoros

8:00

17:00

03 May 2013

Fri

Variety Voyager

72

UA Yalta

8:00

24:00

04 May 2013

Sat Variety Voyager

72

UA Sevastopol

7:00

18:00

05 May 2013

Sun

Variety Voyager

72

UA Odessa

8:30

14:00

06 May 2013 Mon Variety Voyager

72

BG Nessebar

15:00

20:00

               

09 May 2013

Thu

Variety Voyager

72

TR

Bartin

7:00

15:00

10 May 2013

Fri

Variety Voyager

72

TR

Samsun

7:00

15:00

11 May 2013

Sat

Variety Voyager

72

TR

Trabzon

7:00

?

12 May 2013

Sun

Variety Voyager

72

GEO

Batumi

7:30

20:00

13 May 2013

Mon

Variety Voyager

72

RU

Sochi

8:00

23:00

14 May 2013

Tue

Variety Voyager

72

RU

Novoros

8:00

17:00

15 May 2013

Wed

Variety Voyager

72

UA

Yalta

8:00

24:00

16 May 2013

Thu

Variety Voyager

72

UA

Sevastopol

7:00

18:00

17 May 2013

Fri

Variety Voyager

72

UA

Odessa

8:30

14:00

18 May 2013

Sat

Variety Voyager

72

BG

Nessebar

15:00

20:00

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VARIETY VOYAGER in Novorossiysk on May 14, 2013. Picture by Igor Torgachkin

VARIETY VOYAGER in Novorossiysk on May 14, 2013. Picture by Igor Torgachkin

VARIETY VOYAGER in Novorossiysk on May 14, 2013. Picture by Igor Torgachkin

VARIETY VOYAGER in Novorossiysk on May 14, 2013. Picture by Igor Torgachkin

VARIETY VOYAGER in Novorossiysk on May 14, 2013. Picture by Igor Torgachkin

VARIETY VOYAGER in Novorossiysk on May 14, 2013. Picture by Igor Torgachkin

VARIETY VOYAGER in Novorossiysk on May 14, 2013. Picture by Igor Torgachkin

VARIETY VOYAGER in Novorossiysk on May 14, 2013. Picture by Igor Torgachkin

VARIETY VOYAGER in Novorossiysk on May 14, 2013. Picture by Igor Torgachkin

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VARIETY VOYAGER in Yalta on May 15, 2013. Picture by Andrei Kimenko, BSNews

VARIETY VOYAGER in Yalta on May 15, 2013. Picture by Andrei Kimenko, BSNews

VARIETY VOYAGER in Yalta on May 15, 2013. Picture by Andrei Kimenko, BSNews

VARIETY VOYAGER in Yalta on May 15, 2013. Picture by Andrei Kimenko, BSNews

VARIETY VOYAGER in Yalta on May 15, 2013. Picture by Andrei Kimenko, BSNews

VARIETY VOYAGER in Yalta on May 15, 2013. Picture by Andrei Kimenko, BSNews

VARIETY VOYAGER in Yalta on May 15, 2013. Picture by Andrei Kimenko, BSNews

VARIETY VOYAGER in Yalta on May 15, 2013. Picture by Andrei Kimenko, BSNews

VARIETY VOYAGER in Yalta on May 15, 2013. Picture by Andrei Kimenko, BSNews

VARIETY VOYAGER in Yalta on May 15, 2013. Picture by Andrei Kimenko, BSNews

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